About the ground :

The Orange city of Nagpur is the birthplace of India's first Test captain C K Nayudu and there is a road named after him just outside the Vidarbha Cricket Association stadium. The first Test was held as early as 1969 with New Zealand trouncing India by 167 runs.

After its inaugural Test, Nagpur had to wait 14 years to host another, this time against the Pakistanis. Drama surrounded the start of the match as Sandeep Patil, a late selection to the eleven, was stranded in Bombay and had to be ferried by a specially chartered government plane.

Although he landed only late in the afternoon, rain had fortunately lopped off most of the playing time. Maninder Singh and Shivlal Yadav spun out Sri Lanka to an innings defeat in 1986-87 but the wicket has since turned flat as a billiard table.

Tragedy enveloped the ground on November 26, 1995, when nine spectators were killed and 70 others injured after a stand collapsed during a one-dayer between India and New Zealand, a game in which saw the visitors knock up 348 runs in a pugnacious batting display that culminated in a 99-run victory.

Total matches played: 7
Results: 3
Drawn: 4

Summary of Results:

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
India	7	2	1	4
New Zealand	1	1	-	-
Pakistan	1	-	-	1
Sri Lanka	2	-	1	1
West Indies	1	-	-	1
Zimbabwe	2	-	1	1

Highest Team Totals: 609-6d by India v Zimbabwe, 2000-01
v India : 503-6d by Zimbabwe, 2000-01

Lowest Team Totals: 109 by India v New Zealand, 1969-70
v India : 141 by Sri Lanka,1986-87

Individual hundreds: 14 (10 for India & 4 v India)

Highest Individual Innings: 232* by Andy Flower for Zimbabwe, 2000-01
for India : 201* by Sachin Tendulkar v Zimbabwe, 2000-01

Best Bowling in an innings: 7-51 by Maninder Singh v Sri Lanka, 1986-87
v India : 5-34 by Hedley Howarth for New Zealand, 1969-70

Best Bowling in a match: 10-107 by Maninder Singh v Sri Lanka, 1986-87
v India : 9-100 by Hedley Howarth for New Zealand, 1969-70

Highest Partnership for each wicket: for India:

Wkt	Runs	Batsmen		Vs	Season
1st	79	SS Das	D Dasgupta	Zim	2001-02
2nd	155	SS Das	R Dravid	Zim	2000-01
3rd	249	R Dravid	SR Tendulkar	Zim	2000-01
4th	116	DB Vengsarkar	SM Gavaskar	SL	1986-87
5th	202	SR Tendulkar	M Azharuddin	WI	1994-95
6th	171	SR Tendulkar	SB Bangar	Zim	2001-02
7th	19	RJ Shastri	K Azad	Pak	1983-84
	19	M Azharuddin	NR Mongia	WI	1994-95
8th	93	NR Mongia	A Kumble	WI	1994-95
9th	55*	S Madan Lal	SMH Kirmani	Pak	1983-84
10th	14	A Roy	BS Bedi	NZ	1969-70

v India:

Wkt	Runs	Batsmen		For	Season
1st	74	GT Dowling	BAG Murray	NZ	1969-70
2nd	106	SV Carlisle	ADR Campbell	Zim	2001-02
3rd	83	BE Congdon	MG Burgess	NZ	1969-70
4th	209	ADR Campbell	A Flower	Zim	2000-01
5th	133	JC Adams	CL Hooper	WI	1994-95
6th	113	A Flower	DP Viljoen	Zim	2000-01
7th	98*	A Flower	HH Streak	Zim	2000-01
8th	97	JC Adams	JR Murray	WI	1994-95
9th	59	TJ Friend	RW Price	Zim	2001-02
10th	44	RJ Ratnayake	EAR de Silva	SL	1986-87

Statistics: Rajneesh Gupta

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